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Michelle Obama once teased for talking ‘like a white girl’
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 3/20/09 | Lynn Sweet

Posted on 03/20/2009 7:08:33 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun

WASHINGTON -- For her own Women's History Month assignment, first lady Michelle Obama visited Anacostia High School, on the poor side of town, where on Thursday she surprised a group of students. One of her goals is to demystify the White House and make it more accessible to the people who live here.

Mrs. Obama told the youngsters she felt isolated from an institution in her own community when she was growing up and that she suspected they may view the White House and the Capitol the way she saw the University of Chicago as a young girl -- a place for other people. She shared her story of how she was taunted for talking "like a white girl."

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To: Amos the Prophet

>>Of course she wants us to understand that whites are to blame for black racists.<<

She might very well think that, but she didn’t say that on this occasion. If you read the whole article, it seems clear that her message was, “People say stupid things, so don’t listen. Just ignore them, do well in school, and stay out of trouble.” It’s a good message.

Sheesh, I can’t believe I’m spending time defending Michelle, but I just think it’s overkill when we jump on every little thing these people do. As far as I can tell from the article, she did nothing wrong here.


101 posted on 03/20/2009 10:11:00 AM PDT by FelixFelicis (When can we *change* back? [Get yer bumper sticker at www.cafepress.com/deepright!])
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/03/05/hillary-fakes-southern-accent-at-black-church/


102 posted on 03/20/2009 10:34:00 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: FelixFelicis

My point is that she only experienced racism at the hands of blacks.


103 posted on 03/20/2009 10:43:48 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (0 is the son of soulless slavers, not the son of soulful slaves.)
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To: anniegetyourgun

I wonder what the outcry would be if Laura bush said she was teased for talking like a black girl? Hmmm?


104 posted on 03/20/2009 10:44:12 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

That is RIDICULOUS! I don’t expect my child’s english teacher to teach my kids how to ‘properly’ use “reckon” and “over yonder” because we have said it for generations in the south. Good grief.


105 posted on 03/20/2009 11:34:30 AM PDT by autumnraine (Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristoferrson VIVA LA REVOLUTION!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I also have an Upper Midwestern accent and the blacks around my area also mock me for it. However, when I’m with my GF, we mock them back with fake sounding Ebonics and pretty much make them feel like uneducated twits. It’s funny to watch. Especially when they get violent and then realize that I carry pepper spray.


106 posted on 03/20/2009 12:34:44 PM PDT by TypeZoNegative (Pro life & Vegan because I respect all life, Republican because our enemies don't respect ours.)
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To: FelixFelicis

You know, I absolutely agree with you.

I despise this woman. Every time she is held out to us as some kind of icon, I get nauseous. I hate that she hates America.

But, this time, as I read what she said, I experienced my first warm feelings toward her.

She went into an inner city school, and told the black students to do well and achieve, and to not let other black kids discourage them from doing so. It is a huge problem that black kids who try to achieve are taunted for “acting white.” Only a black woman could have said this to them. If any black teenagers paid attention, she did a good thing.


107 posted on 03/20/2009 2:43:27 PM PDT by lady lawyer
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To: FelixFelicis
"I’m not any more fond of the Obamas than you are, but I don’t get the problem with this remark. Seems to me she was trying to say that people gave her a hard time, but that didn’t stop her from being a good student and succeeding in life, even if that meant being accused of “acting white.” Seems like a good example for kids who might be in danger of succumbing to ghetto culture."

That was my interpretation too. My daughter attended an all girls Catholic school from kindergarten through twelfth grade, and among her black classmates this very thing was a common complaint. They were often derided by their other friends for "putting on airs" and "wanting to be white" just because they spoke properly. They were just kids and that sort of thing was sometimes pretty hard for them to take from others of their age.

108 posted on 03/20/2009 3:33:49 PM PDT by Mila
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To: LucyT

there it is again, enlarged, she’s got a beard?


109 posted on 03/20/2009 4:56:33 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: Nachum

Those bullies. Must have been a humiliating experience. /s


110 posted on 03/20/2009 6:09:09 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: LottieDah

I have, and I bought the book as a Christmas gift to a black young lady living in a home for troubled youth here in Kennesaw, GA. She asked for books by black authors, so I included that one in the box of books I gave her.


111 posted on 03/20/2009 6:17:30 PM PDT by Crawdad (If you're in a fair fight, your tactics suck.)
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To: anniegetyourgun

its about making marketing money. I live by NBC where obama was on thursday night this website business cards were left all over the place

www.selebsllc.com


112 posted on 03/20/2009 8:32:07 PM PDT by television is just wrong (one bad ass mistake america!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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